Tattered Cover Film Series - French Cancan

Sie FilmCenter/Colfax: Join the Tattered Cover Book Store, UCD’s College of Arts & Media, KUNC 91.5, and the Sie FilmCenter (in the Lowenstein CulturePlex, next door to the Tattered Cover Colfax Avenue) for an exploration of the world of classic movies, hosted by film critic Howie Movshovitz. All programs begin at 2:00 pm. Admission is free, but tickets are required from the box office. Tickets are available one hour before screening. Parking is avilable in the parking lot off of Elizabeth or Columbine Streets.

This month we’ll see the 1954 Jean Renoir classic French Cancan.

The story is about the opening of the Moulin Rouge in Paris, where the Cancan became famous; the film is about social class, life as performance and the total ecstasy of color and dance. It’s a glorious movie, with the great Jean Gabin at the center, and Jean Renoir, perhaps the greatest filmmaker so far, at the helm. (105 minutes)